The governor of Henan, officially the Governor of the Henan Provincial People's Government, is the head of Henan Province and leader of the Henan Provincial People's Government.
The governor is elected by the Henan Provincial People's Congress, and responsible to it and its Standing Committee. The governor is a provincial level official and is responsible for the overall decision-making of the provincial government. The governor is assisted by an executive vice governor as well as several vice governors. The governor generally serves as the deputy secretary of the Henan Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and as a member of the CCP Central Committee. The governor is the second highest-ranking official in the province after the secretary of the CCP Henan Committee. The current acting governor is Wang Lujin, who took office on 24 September 2026.
List of governors
People's Republic of China OfficeholderTerm of officePartyTook officeLeft officeGovernor of the Henan Provincial People's Government1Wu ZhipuMay 1949January 1955Chinese Communist PartyGovernor of the Henan Provincial People's Committee(1)Wu ZhipuJanuary 1955July 1962Chinese Communist Party2Wen MinshengJuly 1962January 1968Director of the Henan Revolutionary Committee3Liu JianxunJanuary 1968October 1978Chinese Communist Party4Duan JunyiOctober 1978September 1979Governor of the Henan Provincial People's Government5Liu JieSeptember 1979December 1981Chinese Communist Party6Yu MingtaoDecember 1981December 19827Dai SuliDecember 1982March 19838He ZhukangMarch 1983July 19879Cheng WeigaoJuly 1987July 199010Li ChangchunJuly 1990December 199211Ma ZhongchenDecember 1992July 199812Li Keqiang24 July 199818 January 200313Li Chengyu18 January 20038 April 200814Guo Gengmao8 April 200827 March 201315Xie Fuzhan2 April 20135 April 201616Chen Run'er7 April 20166 December 201917Yin Hong6 December 20192 April 202118Wang Kai2 April 202124 September 202619Wang Lujin24 September 2026Incumbent
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